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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... the Australian Office of Financial Management is due to issue $1.25 billion of a new October 2014 bond line. The Reserve Bank of Australia will take-up $50 million of the issue amount. In companies news, Fairfax Media Ltd chief executive Brian McCarthy ...

ACCC opposes NAB/AXA merger

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
The competition regulator has again opposed National Australia Bank's proposal to buy AXA Asia Pacific after reviewing the bank's revised bid, raising the chances of AXA AP's other suitor, AMP. Peter Kell, deputy chairman of the ACCC, said the proposed ...

DTCIM selects Imagine software

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... Investment Management (DTCIM) signs on to Imagine Software's Derivatives.com ASP service, joining Credit Suisse, Commonwealth Bank and Wachovia as the software group's growing list of financial services clients. Imagine's products features, among other ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... on Thursday, the competition regulator ACCC said it continued to object to the proposed tie-up between National Australia Bank and AXA Asia Pacific. AXA shares tumbled on the announcement and at 1204 AEST were down 49 cents, or 9.01 per dent, at $4.95. ...

Snakes and ladders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... one million euros. European government bond spreads blew out and equity markets sold off. Apart from the European Central Bank (ECB), who'll be willing - rather stupid enough - to lend to Europe? Worse, more banks would be required to hold more capital ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... employment to have risen by 30,000 in August, with the jobless rate falling 0.1 percentage points to 5.2 per cent. Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (financial markets) Guy Debelle is scheduled to address the Westpac Research and Strategy ...

Kittel to head BankSA

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... under her leadership will continue to build on its outstanding position in the South Australian market," said Gail Kelly, the bank's chief executive. BankSA is South Australia's largest financial institution and announced a 9 per cent rise in cash earnings ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... highest since May. The problem now is that Europe's problem will cause more problems in Japan. Recall that just last week the Bank of Japan conducted an emergency meeting to try to stem the yen's rise. Their quantitative easing has just only begun to ...

Market Wrap - morning

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market has received a negative lead from offshore markets, after Wall Street closed lower and oil prices fell. At 0747 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 27 points lower at 4,550 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... Stockbroking, Jamie Spiteri, said the market was drifting, with small gains to financials, as investors were wary ahead of a Reserve Bank of Australia interest rate decision due out at 1430 AEST. A possible decision by key independent members of parliament ...